Orrery
Unknown Maker
London, England
about 1780, purchased 1785
Unsigned, except for a small inscription on bottom of plate, "BWC"
Overall: 12 5/8 in. (32 cm)
Base: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2002.1.35201
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Scientific Instrument
Research Area
Scientific Instrument
Scientific Instrument: Astronomy
Not on view
Course History
HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022
HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022
HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022
HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022
History 63.02, Reading Artifacts: The Material Culture of Science, Whitney Barlow Robles, Spring 2023
History 63.02, Reading Artifacts: The Material Culture of Science, Whitney Barlow Robles, Spring 2023
Publication History
David Pantalony, Richard L. Kremer, Francis J. Manasek, Study, Measure, Experiment: Stories of Scientific Instruments at Dartmouth College, Norwich, Vermont: Terra Nova Press, 2005, p. 43, ill.
Provenance
Source unknown; catalogued into the Allen King Collection of Scientific Instruments, 2002.
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